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The Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Mac Thornberry, proposes incremental steps to reform the defense acquisition process. But his ideas are just treating the symptoms of a dysfunctional system and don\'t address the root problems, according to Everett Pyatt, leader of the Project for Defense Management and Acquisition Leadership for the McCain Institute at Arizona State University. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he identified conceptual flaws in the system that need to change to make defense acquisition reform permanent.
April 22, 2015 -
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The Office of Management and Budget has yet to release its guidance on implementing the last procurement reform bill to become law. But now another bill has already entered the pipeline. This one\'s called the Agile Acquisition to Retain Technological Edge Act. House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry recently introduced it as a discussion draft, and now contractors are weighing in. Stan Soloway is president and CEO of the Professional Services Council. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss some of the changes the council is recommending.
April 22, 2015 -
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Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the state of federal procurement, the GSA multiple award schedule program, and strategic sourcing. April 21, 2015
April 21, 2015 -
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A new report to Congress shows 17 of the 24 largest agencies bought sustainable products at least 95 percent of the time.
April 21, 2015 -
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Geoff Livingston, president of Tenacity5 Media will discuss the state of social media with host Mark Amtower. April 20, 2015
April 20, 2015 -
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Like the little engine that could, the General Services Administration never seems to stop the process of examining the rules, regulations and policies surrounding its many acquisition efforts. It\'s been busy on software procurement and several other issues. Jeff Koses, the senior procurement executive at the Office of Government-wide Policy at GSA, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to explain what\'s cookin\', and how it affects government buyers and contractors.
April 20, 2015 -
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There was an end of the week flurry of activity among cybersecurity executives in the government. First off, we found out Homeland Security Department’s John Streufert officially is retiring on May 1. An email from…
April 20, 2015 -
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Keith Trippie, the CEO of The Trippie Group and a former DHS official, calls for changes to how agencies hire IT workers, measure project success and integrate IT across all disciplines.
April 20, 2015 -
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Office of Science and Technology Policy and the General Services Administration\'s 18F lab take part in hackathon focused on developing solutions for digital accessibility problems.
April 17, 2015 -
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The General Services Administration\'s 18F and the U.S. Digital Service based at the Office of Management and Budget, are two of the first examples of the digital services teams agencies have to deploy by administration order. But digital services won\'t work the same, or do the same thing, at every agency. Mike Kruger is director of digital engagement at the Commerce Department. On with Francis Rose, he explained a couple things digital services are not.
April 17, 2015 -
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This year\'s long-range strike bomber contract could reshape the defense industrial base, depending who wins the contract. But the mergers and acquisitions landscape may not shift only at the top level. Jean Stack is managing director at Houlihan Lokey. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she described the M&A landscapre for the federal business space.
April 16, 2015 -
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The Government Accountability Office\'s 2015 duplication report has produced the usual round of hearings and handwringing over how much the federal government wastes. This year\'s version even adds 12 new areas of waste to the list. Gene Dodaro is the GAO Comptroller General. After a full round of Congressional testimony, Dodaro joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to give his personal take on the annual effort. He says that although the report is big, it doesn\'t unduly burden the GAO.
April 16, 2015 -
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If a program manager asks a company to bid on a highly technical requirement, you want to be sure the winning contractor or its subs can actually do the work. If it uses consultants to win the work, you could have a problem. That\'s the gist of a recent protest case that ruled out consultants. Joe Petrillo is a procurement attorney at Petrillo and Powell in Washington. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on this case.
April 16, 2015 -
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VA told Congress Wednesday that it wants to complete construction on its controversial hospital complex in Aurora, Colorado, by tapping into a fund that was supposed to cut down on patient wait times. Some members of Congress expressed frustration with the plan. \"You\'ve put us in the ultimate catch-22, because we don\'t want to go forward and we can\'t quit,\" Rep. David Roe told VA officials at yesterday\'s hearing.
April 16, 2015
